It doesn’t seem like a very good idea to pay hackers ransom. Watch most any kidnapping movie if you need a reminder that nothing precludes a criminal from asking for a second payment right after he gets the first. Nokia may have paid millions to stop hackers from releasing source code for part of its operating system, Reuters reported Tuesday.

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